1 O thou god, who hearest prayer
Every hour and everywhere,
For His sake, whose blood we plead,
Hear us in our hour of need;
Only hide not now thy face,
God of all-sufficient grace.
2 Hear and save us, gracious Lord,
For our trust is in thy word;
cleanse us from the stain of sin
That thy peace may rule within;
May each know himself thy child,
Ransomed, pardoned, reconciled.
3 Leave us not, our Strength, our Trust!
O remember we're by dust!
Leave us not again to stray;
Leave us not the tempter's prey;
Fix our hearts on things above;
Make us happy in thy love.
Amen.
Source: The Hymnal #102
First Line: | O thou God who hearest prayer |
Title: | The Gates of Death |
Author: | Josiah Conder |
Meter: | 7.7.7.7.7.7 |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
O Thou God Who hearest prayer, Every hour, &c. J. Conder. [Lent; or, In Affliction.] Written whilst suffering from a severe accident through a fall from a horse, and first published in his Star in the East, &c, 1824, p. 72, in 5 stanzas of 6 lines, and dated "Sep. 20, 1820." It was included in The Congregational Hymn Book, 1836, No. 590; and in Conder's posthumous Hymns of Praise, Prayer, &c, 1856, p. 77. In modern hymnals it is given in its full and also in an abridged form.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)